Butler (14-15, 6-12 BIG EAST) vs. #6/6 Marquette (23-6, 15-3)
Tuesday, Feb. 28;  6:30PM ET
Hinkle Fieldhouse; Indianapolis, Ind.
 
TV: FS1 - Brandon Gaudin & Stephen Bardo
Radio: 1430AM - @MarkMinner & Nick Gardner (@n_gardner)
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Bulldogs vs. Marquette
• This is the second meeting this season between Butler and Marquette; the Golden Eagles won, 60-52, Feb. 4 in Milwaukee.
• Of the current BIG EAST members, Butler's history with Marquette dates back the farthest as the teams first met in 1922.
• The teams met 18 times from 1922 through 1942.
• The teams met twice in the 2012-13 season, one year prior to Butler joining the BIG EAST. Those two games included a Rotnei Clarke game-winner for Butler at the 2012 Maui Invitational, and Marquette defeating Butler, 74-72, in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
• Butler owns a 10-9 lead in the series since joining the BIG EAST prior to the 2013-14 season.
 
Series: Tied, 24-24
Streak: Marquette, W2
At Hinkle: Butler Leads, 13-7
First Meeting: MU, 18-17; 12/16/1922
Last Meeting: MU, 60-52; 2/4/23
 
• Butler did not have a weekend game, which constituted the team's second "BIG EAST bye" of the season; for the second time, Butler will face Marquette immediately after its bye.
• Eric Hunter Jr., the only Butler player who will exhaust his NCAA eligibility at the conclusion of the 2022-23 season, will be recognized in a pregame ceremony Tuesday night.
• According to KenPom, Butler has played the nation's 25th-toughest schedule so far this season. Including games this week against ranked foes in Marquette and Xavier, 22 of the team's 31 regular season games will come against teams currently among the Top 100 of the NCAA NET rankings.
• Regardless of how the final week of the regular season unfolds, Butler and St. John's will meet in the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament (in the No. 8 vs. No. 9 game).
• Marquette is averaging 80.8 points per game (17th nationally); the 60 points that Butler limited MU to on Feb. 4 are the second-fewest scored by Marquette in a game this season.
• Butler overcame a 12-point, second-half deficit to defeat DePaul Wednesday in Chicago.
• Ali Ali scored a season-best 15 points for the Bulldogs, adding a season-high five assists. He has scored in double figures in back-to-back games for Butler.
• Butler has shot a better field goal percentage than each of its four most recent opponents; on the season, Butler is 13-2 when out-shooting its opponent.
• Butler is 10-5 at Hinkle Fieldhouse this season.
• Thad Matta is 23-6 at Hinkle Fieldhouse as the head coach at Butler (2000-01 and the current 2022-23 seasons).
• Simas Lukosius is 35-for-78 (45 percent) from three-point range in Butler's 15 home games.
• Jayden Taylor scored 19 points in the Feb. 4 game at Marquette, which began a stretch of five consecutive games scoring 19 or more points and leading the Bulldogs in scoring in each of those games; that streak came to a close at DePaul Wednesday when Taylor netted 13 points. 
• Manny Bates (shoulder) has missed Butler's last two games after sustaining the injury late in the Feb. 14 game at Villanova. All seven of Butler's top scorers have only been available together in nine of the team's 29 games this season.
• Butler is committing only 13.4 fouls per game, which is fourth nationally.
• Butler is 11-0 this season when scoring 70 or more points.
• Butler has 11 games so far this season shooting 50 percent or better from the field; eight of those have come at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Butler has won all 11 of those games.
• Butler has shot 40 percent or better from behind the arc 11 times this season; Butler is 9-2 in those contests.
• Butler's average of 4.5 blocks per game is 41st nationally. Butler has four games this season with eight or more blocks. 
• Bates has 47 blocks this season, which already places him in seventh on Butler's single-season list.
• Chuck Harris is now 21st in Butler history in career three-pointers (130).
• Lukosius, Harris, Bates and Taylor have each led the Bulldogs in scoring in at least six games this season (includes ties).
• Dating back to the Jan. 4 win over DePaul, Lukosius has scored in double figures in 11 of Butler's last 14 games.
• Butler has a +1.0 rebounding margin in its 14 wins, while the Bulldogs' opponents have a +11.2 rebounding margin in Butler's 15 losses this season.